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the Ultimate Censor...

I am whole heartedly against governmental censorship. I believe that the ultimate censor is a little thing called "supply and demand". Let me explain: in order for any piece of art and/or entertainment medium to be enjoyed by anyone, there are always one or two things that person must forfeit to enjoy that piece of art and/or entertainment. They must always forfeit time, one of our most precious commodities, and sometimes they must forfeit money. This forms the basis of what becomes the complex structure of supply and demand. The most basic explanation is if the content of a piece of art and/or entertainment is "too" anything for the consumer of that piece of art and/or entertainment than that consumer will not forfeit their time, and most certainly not their money, towards that piece of art and/or entertainment. In turn the demand for that type of art and/or entertainment goes down, and thus so does the supply so that that piece or kind of art and/or entertainment has effectively been "censored" and is no longer being produced in the same fashion. This is how supply and demand is the ultimate censor, and since supply and demand is based solely upon the consumer, they in turn are the driving force behind the ultimate censor, and so are in control of it. Thus eliminating any need for a person or an organization, no matter how "good" or "noble" their intent, to step in and be the censor for them. The content of art and entertainment is self-regulating and self-censoring based upon popular demand, making governmental censorship as unneeded as it is unwarranted.